Guardians and its allies hope to show the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that there is indeed many actions the Forest Service can take that would mitigate wolf-livestock conflicts on these federal public lands and in turn substantially reduce the demand for lethal wolf removal. For instance, the Forest Service can exclude livestock from grazing in areas that are deemed “unsuitable” for this use (e.g. remote, rugged and densely treed terrain where ranchers can’t keep track of their cows). The Forest Service can also require federal grazing permit holders use range riders and herding techniques that keep livestock from wandering unattended into active core wolf areas (e.g. near wolf dens and rendezvous sites). The Forest Service is responsible for managing livestock grazing on the Forest and protecting sensitive species—we hope our appeal gets us much closer to compelling the agency to fulfill this obligation for wolves in the Pacific Northwest.
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